Winnipeg Blue Bombers
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The Winnipeg Blue Bombers is a Canadian Football League team based in Winnipeg, Manitoba. They currently play in the West Division.
- Founded: 1936
- Formerly known as:
- Home stadium: Canad Inns Stadium (formerly Winnipeg Stadium), Winnipeg, Manitoba
- Uniform colours: Blue and gold
- Helmet design: Gold background, with a white "W", lightning bolt and football
- Eastern regular season championships: 6 — 1987, 1990, 1992, 1993, 1994, 2001
- Western regular season championships: 13 — 1936, 1939, 1940, 1941, 1947, 1950, 1952, 1958, 1959, 1960, 1961, 1962, 1972
- Grey Cup finals appearances: 21 — 1937 (lost), 1938 (lost) 1939 (won), 1941 (won), 1945 (lost), 1946 (lost), 1947 (lost), 1950 (lost), 1953 (lost), 1957 (lost), 1958 (won), 1959 (won), 1961 (won), 1962 (won), 1965 (lost) 1984 (won), 1988 (won), 1990 (won), 1992 (lost), 1993 (lost), 2001 (lost)
The Winnipeg Pegs/Winnipegs are not the same team as the Winnipeg Blue Bombers. The Pegs won one Grey Cup and appeared in two. These appearances are not counted in the statistics for the Blue Bombers.
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Franchise history
The Winnipeg Rugby Football Club was formed in 1880. In 1930 the Winnipeg Rugby Football Club becomes known as the Winnipegs. In 1933 the Winnipegs and another team called the St. John's merged to form the 'Pegs. In 1936 the 'Pegs became the Winnipeg Blue Bombers and joined the newly created Western Interprovincial Football Union (one of the CFL's forerunners). Despite Winnipeg being a western Canadian city, the Blue Bombers have played many seasons (1987 to 1994 and 1997 to 2001) in the Eastern Division in order to keep the number of teams in each division somewhat equal.
Players of note
Canadian Football Hall of Famers
- Dieter Brock
- Tom Casey
- Tom Clements
- Carl Cronin
- Bill Frank
- Fritz Hanson
- Dick Huffman
- Jack Jacobs
- Gerry James
- Greg Kabat
- Les Lear
- Leo "The Lincoln Locomotive" Lewis
- Ches McCance
- Cal Murphy
- James Murphy
- Ken Ploen
- Joe Poplowski
- Russ "The Wisconsin Wraith" Rebholz
- Frank Joseph Rigney
- Art Stevenson
- Robert Porter "Buddy" Tinsley
Current stars
- 1 Charles Roberts, running back
- 3 Keith Stokes, wide receiver, kick returner
- 5 Kevin Glenn, quarterback
- 7 Troy Westwood, kicker
- 14 Jon Ryan, punter
- 20 Ricky Bell, defensive back
- 24 Maurice Kelly, linebacker
- 31 Wes Lysack, safety
- 44 Tom Canada, defensive end
- 53 Corey Annett, center
- 56 Elfrid Payton, defensive end
- 76 Joe Fleming, defensive tackle
External link
- Winnipeg Blue Bombers official site (http://www.bluebombers.com/)
- [1] (http://www.ourbombers.com/) OurBombers.com Unoffical Winnipeg Blue Bomber fansite